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Deuteronomy 4:40Deut.4.40

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

KJV

Hebrew original

וְ/שָׁמַרְתָּ֞ אֶת חֻקָּ֣י/ו וְ/אֶת מִצְוֺתָ֗י/ו אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֤י מְצַוְּ/ךָ֙ הַ/יּ֔וֹם אֲשֶׁר֙ יִיטַ֣ב לְ/ךָ֔ וּ/לְ/בָנֶ֖י/ךָ אַחֲרֶ֑י/ךָ וּ/לְמַ֨עַן תַּאֲרִ֤יךְ יָמִים֙ עַל הַ֣/אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛י/ךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְ/ךָ֖ כָּל הַ/יָּמִֽים

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et observe ses lois et ses commandements que je te prescris aujourd'hui, afin que tu sois heureux, toi et tes enfants après toi, et que tu prolonges désormais tes jours dans le pays que l'Eternel, ton Dieu, te donne.

KJV

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Patristic reading

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